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Direct linkButterfield, Katie L.; Ramírez, A. Susana – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Alternative food programs have been proposed as solutions to food insecurity and diet-related health issues. However, some of the most popular programs--farmers markets and community-supported agriculture--overwhelmingly serve White and upper-middle-class individuals, exacerbating food security and health disparities. One explanation…
Descriptors: Food, Gardening, Community Resources, Community Programs
Walker, Martyn – Educational Studies, 2013
Historians and educationalists have often assumed that working-class adult education emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century with the introduction of state-funded technical colleges. This was not the case. In 1823, the Glasgow Mechanics' Institute was opened and within a few years similar institutions were being established across the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Adult Education, Program Effectiveness
Hong, Jun S. – Journal of School Violence, 2009
This article examines school response to bullying and youth aggression in upper/middle-class and low socioeconomic neighborhoods, and the feasibility of successfully implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in schools located in impoverished communities. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is one of the few programs that has proven…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Bullying, Income, Incidence
Peer reviewedTurner, Ralph R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
The development of locus of control was compared in rural Appalachian Follow Through participants and in lower and middle-class comparison groups. Participation in Follow Through did not enhance internality. A social class by sex interaction was found, and correlations between locus of control and achievement differed for social classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Locus of Control
Genesee, Fred; And Others – 1986
A program of partial (half-day) French immersion in the Cincinnati Public Schools was evaluated in the kindergarten year. The English and French language development of participating native English-speaking children from both working class and middle class backgrounds was assessed. The results indicated that (1) the pupils who spent half of their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Status Comparison, English, French
Peer reviewedSigel, Irving E. – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Discusses (1) the function of preschool education; (2) target populations served by early childhood education; (3) the kinds of programs that are most appropriate for these populations; (4) the issue of whether preschool makes a difference; and (5) the kinds of practices that make a difference in particular areas of development and for particular…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Early Intervention
